Who are Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Bakersfield College Foundation ($1.7M), California State University Bakersfield Foundation ($1.2M), Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce ($344k).

Does Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kern Community Foundation, The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation, Dignity Health.

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Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union

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$2.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 45
Itemized grants FY2024: 29
Organizations funded FY2023: 45%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $1.7M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $12,965
Largest grant, FY2024: $500,000
Organizations funded a year: 7 to 29; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 4
Total assets, FY2024: $3.9B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $392k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	43	$1.7M	37%
FY2023	29	$1.3M	45%
FY2022	28	$1.1M	50%
FY2021	7	$1.2M	71%
FY2020	22	$693k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.5MPhilanthropy$762kCommunity Improvement$570kHealth$557kRecreation & Sports$199kArts & Culture$127kYouth Development$123kEmployment$106kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Bakersfield College Foundation	$1,677,500	4	12%
California State University Bakersfield Foundation	$1,194,605	5	5%
Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce	$343,845	4	22%
The 54 Fund	$250,000	1	68%
Fccu2 Foundation	$250,000	1	n/a
Children's Miracle Network	$246,550	4	0%
Kern High School District	$164,778	3	n/a
Taft College Foundation	$135,000	2	8%
American Heart Association Inc	$121,500	4	0%
Kern County Superintendent of Schools Educational Services Foundation	$110,500	4	7%

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All grantees of Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Bakersfield College Foundation	$1,677,500	4	12%
California State University Bakersfield Foundation	$1,194,605	5	5%
Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce	$343,845	4	22%
The 54 Fund	$250,000	1	68%
Fccu2 Foundation	$250,000	1	n/a
Children's Miracle Network	$246,550	4	0%
Kern High School District	$164,778	3	n/a
Taft College Foundation	$135,000	2	8%
American Heart Association Inc	$121,500	4	0%
Kern County Superintendent of Schools Educational Services Foundation	$110,500	4	7%
Gameday Sports Academy	$110,000	4	n/a
Bakersfield Womens Business Conference	$106,100	4	17%
Cuspincdba Cu Strategic Planning	$105,000	1	n/a
Bakersfield Civic Light Opera Association	$91,667	1	14%
Kern High School District Educational Foundation	$90,000	2	24%
Global Family Care Network Inc	$72,500	4	1%
Basketball Universe Academy Incorpo	$71,154	1	n/a
Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce	$49,100	3	8%
California Forward	$45,000	2	1%
Hoffmann Hospice of The Valley	$45,000	3	0%
Mendiburu Magic Foundation Against Cancer	$36,200	2	47%
American Cancer Society Inc	$35,000	3	0%
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation	$35,000	3	1%
Vacaville Chamber of Commerce	$34,185	3	4%
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Kern Economic Development Corporation	$30,000	3	1%
Kg (Us) Oilers Corp Dba Bakersfield Condors	$29,500	3	n/a
Meals on Wheels of Solano County	$28,400	1	0%
Links for Life	$25,000	2	3%
Shepower Leadership Academy	$25,000	1	2%
Mary Graham Childrens Foundation	$25,000	3	4%
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce	$25,000	1	5%
Solano Economic Devco Corp	$22,500	2	1%
Blue Court Runners LLC	$20,000	1	n/a
THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF THE SEQUOIAS dba IMAGINE U CHILDRENS MUSEUM	$20,000	2	2%
Mothers Against Drunk Driving	$20,000	2	0%
Tulare Chamber of Commerce	$18,000	2	2%
Bakersfield City School District	$16,425	2	n/a
Community Action Partnership of Kern	$15,819	2	0%
C&P Promotions LLC	$15,000	1	n/a
Spade Entertainment LLC	$15,000	1	n/a
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County	$15,000	1	1%
African American Chamber of San Joaquin Foundation	$15,000	1	3%
Everett Aquasox	$11,500	2	n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California	$11,293	1	0%
Kern County Superintendent of Schools	$10,775	1	n/a
Richard Myles Johnson Foundation	$10,000	1	2%
Garden Pathways Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Support Stockton Police Foundation	$10,000	1	5%
1984 Grupe Fair Fund	$10,000	1	1%
The Grimm Family Education Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
California Pumpkin Growers Club	$10,000	1	11%
Nami Kern County Chapter	$8,000	1	7%
Visalia Emergency Aid Council Inc	$7,500	1	0%
The Open Door Network	$7,500	1	0%
Assistance League of Bakersfield	$7,500	1	1%
City of Fairfield	$7,500	1	n/a
Family Resource & Referral Center of San Joaquin	$7,500	1	0%
Dinuba Chamber of Commerce	$7,300	1	3%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County	$6,000	1	0%
Kern River Foundation	$6,000	1	6%
San Joaquin County Office of Education Educational Foundation	$6,000	1	2%
Kern County Network for Children	$6,000	1	1%
Fanhs Stockton Chapter	$6,000	1	n/a
Kern Community College District	$5,350	1	n/a
Bakersfield City Ballet	$5,150	1	5%
Kern Literacy Council	$5,000	1	2%
Tru Foundation	$5,000	1	6%
Alzheimer's Disease Association of Kern County	$5,000	1	1%
Child Guidance Guild of Bakersfield	$5,000	1	3%

Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kern Community FoundationCA55.6× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kern Community Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Dignity Health · Bakersfield Memorial Hospital · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Bakersfield West Rotary-Stroope Family Foundation · Seedcore Foundation · The California Endowment · Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · William & Florence Wheeler Foundation · Batey Family Charitable Trust

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union

How much does Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union give?: Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union reported 45 itemized grants totaling $1,716,984, out of $2,315,876 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (55%), Philanthropy (12%), Community Improvement (9%).
Who are Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Bakersfield College Foundation ($1.7M), California State University Bakersfield Foundation ($1.2M), Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce ($344k).
Does Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kern Community Foundation, The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation, Dignity Health.
Where is Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union based?: Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union is based in CA.